Mausoleum.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

T. J MOORE.

MAUSOLEUM.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 17. 1906.

' all parts of the structure is obtained without in any de-- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS. J. MOORE, OF NEW YORKTN. Y.

M AUSOLEUM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T-nouas J. Moons, a citizen of the-United States, residing at Richmond Hill, ,in the borough of Queens, city and State .of New York, have invented an Improvement in Mausoleums.

.My invention relates to a tomb or mausoleum above ground and particularly to an improved construction of the same whereby a thorough natural ventilation of gree detracting from the strength, appearance or staibility of the structure. a

' carrying out my invention I provide the foundation 'walls with interior buttresses or off-set portions.

lhis foundation may inclose the earth or a bed of cinity of which is interrupted by a raised edge and prolongations-or ribs jutting out into the same and having off-set ends. The marble or other floor of the mausoleum is laid upon these off-set ends and upon portions ished off. with edge slabs and the backs of the catafao combs are a short distance from the inner surfaces of the main walls so as to leave narrow: air spaces, and the raised edge of the concrete bed is made at intervals with depressions. The floor and lower shelves of the catacombs are thus raised above the surface of the concrete 'bed, thus providing an air. chamber in my improved mausoleum beneath both the floor and the catacombs except for the supports Ofsaid parts, and this air chamber communicates with the air spaces between the walls and the catacombs and with openings through the walls to the air outside. These air chambers also open out above the catacombs and communicate'with the outside air through openings in the roof, thus a complete circulation of the airis maintained within prevent sweating and foul air andalso to prevent any discoloration or staining of the floor or walls or molding even if the door of themausoleum is closed tight.

plan upon the dotted line .31, y, of.Fig. 1 said figures showing clearly the' features of my improvement, and

3 is a,s ection'show i11g a form of my invention;

Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed il'nly 17,1906. Serial No 326-668.

v slabs k", the frontslabs In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical brokensection upon the dotted line s, x, of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a sectional" provide a supportfonthe; fronttslabs Patented any suitable depth. Their innersln'fac'es agree approximately with the inner diameter 'of the mausoleum and their outer smffacesare preferably beyond the width of the wallsl f "=13 b b are the side walls; a the back wall and dthe'- front wall. These walls are usually n iade of stone, the lower layers b' fng preferably thicker thanith e upper layers and tapered at the u pi'outsr edge d acentto the upper portions of the walls. "l*-l1'e r'oofjslabsfinay be secured and laid in positi on km the side walls in any desired manner, and I prefer to employa" rfdof keystone e' coming between the roof slabs and having overhanging edges extending over ioutsid'e 'of 'the 'irpper portions of said slabs for thepurposefof' hed 'iig rain from theconnecting joints. j w I Within the foundatiolnjvalls a, 1 as a at intervals preferably out from the foundation lvi alls,',the foundation and outlini of the butti at the dotted line 2 of J Within the foundation H! erably provide .a bed of :eiirdlers"'(z material which is preferably bache tight and is of any desired dep surface of these cinders and th foundation are on the same 1e I cinders and the foundation bu H crete-bed f having a level uppers t -of which is interrupted. This interrupt by the raised edge j which for It bed and by'the ribs or prolongat or project from the raised edge. at our 1) and ,whichrihs or prolongations f are.proyidedat their extreme ends withoff-set portioiisfir Y h represents" a floor-slab preferably the front to the backwall of the slab rests upon the offsets fipither or prolongations f and alt its ends uponrecesses in .th 1 cl edge f of ie' cefrom i the concrete bed, so as llOghQ raised above. th egsurface ofthe concrete bed ffand form an chamber a between said parts and abo'ye the surface of concrete bedf.

The catacombs are compose et 11 i andintermediate ,sh'ely ndq backhslabs giig and as usual I so proportion.the'seg.catacombs tha ig each one taining box. I The floor slab h ialongdt's edges; is pro deal with edge slabs h which.tpreierably interloclg with the edges of the bottonr shelves so as to dorm a finish and 111 i .t eg h iir V a ventilation device 4 secured over the same. The

recesses or passage-ways for air in the raised edge of the concrete bed are shown at 5, and the back slabs m of the catacombs are placed at an appreciable distance from the iiiner surfaces of the walls I) so as to provide an air chamber 6, and the said .walls b, at a suitable distance above the ground and preferably on a line with the upper surface of the ribs or prolongations f 2 of the concrete bed, are provided with air openings 7. Above the catacombs and the cover slab it there is a space beneath the roof and I prefer to provide openings 8 between the keystone e of the roof and the adjacent ends of the roof slabs, which openings extend around and beneath the over-hanging portions of the said keystone so that an exit is obtained for the air above the catacombs at the center of the roof, and I further prefer as shown, to providethe eff-set faces'9 at the upper edges of thereof slabs and beneath the over-hanging portions of the roof keystone so as to prevent water in a rain storm from getting up through the openings 8 between the roof slabs and the keystone.

0 represents the door of the mausoleum which may be of any s'uitable or desired material; the doors however are usually made of metal so arranged as to have a ventilating panel, and in case the ventilating panel is closed and. there is no means of otherwise ventilating the mausoleum, the air inside becomes very bad, the structure sweats and sometimes becomes moldy and the stone stained, andfine and expensive materials used in the construction thereof are thus often stained These difficulties and ruined at-least in appearance. are overcome by the structure of my invention hereinbefore described, in which an adequate and perfect ventilation of the mausoleum is obtained regardless of the construction and condition of the entrance door.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the floor and the shelves of the catacombs are supported upon the raised edge f and the ribs or prolongations f and off-sets 3 thereof above the surface of the concrete bed f, consequently these parts are over an air space which extends under their entire surfaces between the raise'd edge f and that this air chamber communicates by means of the openings 5 with the vertical air chambers 6 and the air apertures 7 in the walls, consequently there is thus provided means for a constant circulationof the air beneath the floor of the mausoleum and the .catacombs. v Y J 1 In Fig. 2 of the drawing I have shown the catacombs as shorter in length than the interior dimen-' sions of the mausoleum, so thatthere are air chambers of appreciable area at the ends of the catacombs. These are cldsed in by the vertical end faces 10, and I have shown and employ an end slab l1 off-set from the back wall 0 and extendingacross from side to side of the catacombs so as to complete the continuity of the internal air chambers'and at the same time so as to preserve the internal appearance of the mausoleum.

I do not limit myself to the proportions or arrangement of the catacombs, nor to the general dimensions of the mausoleum or proportions thereof, as the same may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention,. nor do I limit myself to the employment of a cinder foundation within the stone foundation and itsbuttresses, as the cinder or similar material foundation may be dispensed with and the earth occupy its place and also be at an appreciable depth below the top of the foundation. I

In Fig. 3 I have shown a form of my invention in which when the cinders are dispensed with and the earth is below the level of the foundation walls a reinforced concrete bed constructionof any desired character. may be employed in connection with which rods 12 of metal are placed across from side to side of the foundation embedded in the concrete for supporting the same and maintaining the integrity of the struc ture when other support is absent. The roof slabsmay be set at any desired angle of inclination.

I claim as my lIlVGIltlOl'li. I

1. In a mausoleum, the combination with a suitable foundation, the floor slabs and the bottom slabs of the catacombs, of a bed of concrete on the foundation having projections above the floor level'so arranged as to extend beneath and provide snpports for the catacomb and floor slabs and form chambers for the passage of ventilating currents of air beneatlrthe catacombs and floor, and the cataednihs off-set from the main side walls to provide air chambers there being openings .tbr'ougb the walls communicating with said air chambers and also with the air chambers beneath the catacombs and the floor.

2. In a mausoleum, the combination with a suitable foundation. the floor slabs and thebotton slabs of the catacombs. of a bed of concrete on the foundation having projections above the floor level so arranged as to extend beneath and provide supports for the bottom slabs of the catacombs and the catacombs and said projections having off-set ends z1t 3 to provide supports for the floor slabs intel-mediate of the floor level and the level of the catacomb slabs so that chambers may' be formed for the passage of ventilating currents of air between the catacombs and the floor slabs, and the catacombs off-set from the main side walls to provide ai-r chambers there, being openings through the walls communicating with said air chambers and also with the air chambers beneath the catacombs and the fio'or.

ii. In a mausoleum, the combination with a suitable foundation, the floor slabs and the bottom slabs of the catacombs, of a bed of concrete onthe foundation having projections above thefioor level so arranged as to extend beneath and provide supports for the catacomb and floor slabs and form chambers for the passagev of ventilating currents of air beneath the catacombs and floor, and the catacombs off-set from the 'maln side walls to provide air chambers there being openings through the walls communieating with said air chambers and also with the air chainbers beneath the catacombs and the floor, and the catacombs made shorter inlength than the interior dimensions of the mausoleum so that there are air chambers of appreciable area at the ends of the catacombs and an end slab 11 off-set from the back wall of the mausoleum and extending'across from side to side of the catacombs so as to complete'the continuity of the internal air chambers and at the same time preserve the internalappenrance of the i mausoleum.

4.- In-a mausoleum the combination with a suitable foundation, of a concrete bed laid upon the foundation with :1 level upper surface, a. raised edge to the bed of cougntlous and edges,' and edge slabs at the iutersectlou of My crete and prolongations or rllgs at intervals jutting out the floor slab'and bottom shelves of the catacombs, leaving from the raised edge and interrupting the continuity of clear passage-ways or chambers for air beneath these slabs.

the upper surface of the concrete bed, suid' ribs or prolon- Signed by, methis fith day of July 1906.

gat'rons having off-set ends at a lower level and the front 7 and back edges recessed on the'seme level as the elf-set 1 QHOMAS MOORE portions, a floor slab received up'on sald'plf-set portions Wltnessesz;

and recesses and forming the floor of the mausoleum, bo't- A'. H. SERBELL,

tom catacomb shelves received upon said ribs or prolon- E. ZACHAMASEIL 

